Warsaw: Palace of Culture and Science - A 'Gift' from the USSR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2022
- Revisiting an old topic...The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is one of the biggest monuments to be found in the city, one of the first buildings constructed after World War 2, it dominates Warsaw's skyline and has moved from a symbol of shame and submission to one of independence and pride!
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53 years later.... and things looks so small as I remember them from the time back then
Wow, so you lived in Warsaw 53 years ago?
@@britinpoland2392 yes...i was 5 years old and we stayed for 2 years.. I was searching youtube for the palac kultury..the two fountains (water used to be crystal clear) our building i could regonised from top view (diplomatic compound) and the soda vendor cart (of course not the same guy) which he makes it with taste of sinalco ...Those were really happy days.. I will try to visit this year...
@@amjadal-kadhi1199 that’s lovely, I wish I could have seen Warsaw at this time…for sure now it is growing so fast, so many skyscrapers going up, new districts blooming…I feel it is a really impressive city 😊
I’ve been interested in Poland since I was 14 and first heard “Warszawa” off his album _Low_ (part of his “Berlin Trilogy” that he made with Producer and electronic musician, Brian Eno during the late 70s), one of the few songs or albums that have stuck with me for this long. It’s always amazed me that despite the immense tragedy Poland has been through, caught between two evil empires, losing so many innocent lives to war, genocide and other crimes against humanity, as well as subsequent communist rule, they were still able to get where they are today and throughout all that they’ve somehow managed to retain their culture. This economic development was no doubt helped by integration with the EU, savvy economic strategy and, most importantly, the hard work of ordinary citizens, I hope to see a bit of what they’ve accomplished in person some day. I hope this similar story is able to repeat itself in Ukraine, similar to the economic prosperity of West Germany and Romania, before and after Poland’s, respectively, but first this war has to end and Poland has gone above and beyond helping to send the Russians home in order to end this cycle of brutality.
Thank you for the wonderful message, truly shows that you understand Poland well! All you say is true and this country gets stronger every year, Warsaw continues to thrive and grow with new skyscrapers, districts, museums etc every year, truly a wonderful place to live!
@@britinpoland2392 thanks for replying, loved the video btw!
@@britinpoland2392 btw I just realized I meant to say EAST Germany, for some reason I get east/west and left/right confused a lot lol 😓
@@Acidlib hahaha, I didn’t even notice the typo so don’t worry, none of us are perfect 😊
A tourist guide told me that some of the Soviet workers were so drunk that they fell down from the walls they were building and hit the fresh concrete and nobody cared to take them back. They left the bodies in walls and basements for good.
Ahh, I wasn’t told they were drunk when they fell 😅
@@britinpoland2392 Being drunk at a construction site during communism was a lifestyle. It still is sometimes.
@Iza Osinska In communist Poland, drinking alcohol while working was forbidden. The Russians were working on the construction site of the palace and they were drinking during and after work.
It's sad how people are treated in the Soviet Union.
Came here after the coldest game
Unlike some of my fellow Varsovians, I don't have any real problem with the PKiN (the Palace of Culture and Science), it has always been there as far as I remember, so I'm used to it, even though its architecture is Soviet. What truly bothers me is the huge open area around it, the so-called Plac Defilad (Parades Square), densely built over before WW2, now serving as a car park that I hate with passion. Fortunately, now this empty space without buildings is slowly being reduced by the construction of MSN (the Museum of Modern Arts); hopefully more changes will follow (a square surrounded by buildings is planned in front of the main entrance to PKiN). I'd also like buildings to be erected along Jerusalem Avenue, to further reduce what I consider PKiN's excessive visual omnipresence in the city centre. Btw, the graves of 15 construction workers who lost their lives during the development of PKiN (all or most of them Russian) are at the Eastern Orthodox cemetery in the Wola district.
Thank you for the comment 😊 I agree, the centre could look a lot nicer and I look forward to going to this new museum when it finally opens! Thank you for the information on the graves also 😊
Na zabudowę Jerozolimskich długo poczekamy. Po pierwsze PiS wywalił do kosza ustawę o tzw własności warstwowej. To uniemożliwia stawianie budynków na tunelami WKD i PKP. No i od 2025 roku przewidziany jest remont tych tras kolejowych, który potrwa lata. Ale zgadzam się z tobą, a PKiN jest już zabytkiem i przez inwestycje obok już tak nie góruje nad miastem.
Hopefully they can make the area more pedestrian friendly as well, giant parking lots have no place in a city center imo, although, to your city’s credit, after looking on Google maps the public transit around that area looks pretty top notch by my, admittedly low, American standards.
Dirty bugger needs a good wash and the area around the palace should be be better developed.
Quite agreed 👍
Na zabudowę Jerozolimskich długo poczekamy. Po pierwsze PiS wywalił do kosza ustawę o tzw własności warstwowej. To uniemożliwia stawianie budynków na tunelami WKD i PKP. No i od 2025 roku przewidziany jest remont tych tras kolejowych, który potrwa lata. Ale zgadzam się z tobą, a PKiN jest już zabytkiem i przez inwestycje obok już tak nie góruje nad miastem, a szorowanie by mu się przydało.
BRAVO, MAZOVIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY! I have been fighting to demolish this building (I do not use the name because it disgusts me) since 2006. My entries at that time were immediately deleted by the red admirers of Stalin's genocide. I am glad that sensible people have joined my appeal, and I wish you good luck with all my heart. First of all, it is necessary to change the record established by the enemies of the Republic of Poland about the "historic object" of this dump and quickly plant dynamite so that no one thinks otherwise. This is what I wish you and myself with all my heart that I can visit Poland again, because this bogeyman will defeat me.
Being fair I completely get your point, symbolically…it is not great, being one of the buildings first built after the demolition of Warsaw…it is a symbol of Soviet occupation in the city and I very much understand why it is so controversial and disliked by many people such as yourself!
However I also see the other side of the argument, it has become an iconic symbol of Warsaw, a way of recognising this city from many miles away…I was in Modlin last weekend and was able to see it as part of the skyline in the distance, I also recognise it as a symbol of freedom, of liberated and restored Poland and part of the modern backdrop of the city…so I am torn between the two points, whether to demolish and replace with a more Polish centric monument/building or to preserve as remembrance of the struggles that Poland went through post war…very tough debate!
@@britinpoland2392 Don't tear your self too much. And don't tell me fairy tales. This architectural juggernaut was built without the acceptance of the Polish society as well as other decisions imposed on Poles by the red occupiers. It is right that Polish patriots demand the demolition of this lousy shit. Only you have a problem with it. Good luck!
Poles, show what kind of patriots you really are. We have had free Poland for so many years and we cannot deal with such a barbaric memento of stalin's genocide.
How many more years will this monument of the Soviet plague stand on our land and scare Poles with stalinism?
Those who oppose the idea of demolishing this object are not Poles but traitors to our homeland.
For a long time Poles suffered for these unwanted gifts of the Soviet vassal who brought us to our knees and made us slaves.
LET NO "souvenir" AFTER THIS BARBARIAN SYSTEM BE LONGER IN OUR COUNTRY!
views and building are cool, but overall the museum is average at best.
As a youth, about 13-14 i joined a sail club, we build a sail boats inside the palace, safe to say it was 50 years ago, communist still rule, sadly...
The Youth Palace was a very popular educational institution at that time with various clubs of interest. I used to go there to the swimming pool , where we jumped from 10 meters platform.